Revising the Revised Format of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview.

Salaberry, Rafael

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ERIC Number: EJ611429

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Publication Date: 2000

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Revising the Revised Format of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview.

Salaberry, Rafael

Language Testing, v17 n3 p289-310 Jul 2000

Suggests that performance tests as currently represented in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)-Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) may not adequately address the basic concerns brought about by the perceived shortcomings of academic second language programs. Supports this argument with a critical analysis of the ACTFL proficiency guidelines for speaking and the ACTFL-OPI Tester lines for speaking. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Guidelines, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Test Format, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Vocabularies/Classifications

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview

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